Juliet Nicolson

Who would be a farmer’s wife?

‘Some days I feel like I’m drowning,’ admits Helen Rebanks, caught between cooking, housework, admin, tagging lambs and the school run at the Lake District family farm

Helen Rebanks. [Imogen Whiteley] 
issue 26 August 2023

  • The Farmer’s Wife: My Life in Days

    Helen Rebanks

    Faber, pp. 384, £20

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